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Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern
Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 12 - Determination of a public health emergency of international concern, including a pandemic emergency of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), the Di...
www.who.int
A four point thread on the #Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak that is unfolding in the Congo, which @who.int declared a #PHEIC less than a week ago.
www.who.int/news/item/17...
www.who.int/news/item/17...
The Ontario Provincial Government’s ads during the World Cup are so offensive I might have to give up watching football.
July 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
The Ontario Provincial Government’s ads during the World Cup are so offensive I might have to give up watching football.
A four point thread on the #Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak that is unfolding in the Congo, which @who.int declared a #PHEIC less than a week ago.
www.who.int/news/item/17...
www.who.int/news/item/17...
Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern
Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 12 - Determination of a public health emergency of international concern, including a pandemic emergency of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), the Di...
www.who.int
May 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
A four point thread on the #Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak that is unfolding in the Congo, which @who.int declared a #PHEIC less than a week ago.
www.who.int/news/item/17...
www.who.int/news/item/17...
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"Defending against emerging diseases is literally a matter of life & death. Our government’s negligence endangers us"
I do think RFK Jr & Bhattacharya killing mRNA vaccine R&D, & Bhattacharya killing federal funding for pandemic research & pushing for no preparedness at all, were unforgivable acts
I do think RFK Jr & Bhattacharya killing mRNA vaccine R&D, & Bhattacharya killing federal funding for pandemic research & pushing for no preparedness at all, were unforgivable acts
I want to share the new OpEd that @jimalwine.bsky.social and I wrote about the dangerous lack of pandemic preparedness in the United States.
It doesn’t matter how the outbreak begins. We are not ready, and the only things we can be sure of are death, taxes, and another pandemic.
It doesn’t matter how the outbreak begins. We are not ready, and the only things we can be sure of are death, taxes, and another pandemic.
Let’s Get Ready for the Next Pandemic
Another pandemic is inevitable. But under RFK Jr.’s destructive leadership, the nation’s top health agencies no longer treat pandemic viruses as significant threats.
progressive.org
May 1, 2026 at 2:29 PM
"Defending against emerging diseases is literally a matter of life & death. Our government’s negligence endangers us"
I do think RFK Jr & Bhattacharya killing mRNA vaccine R&D, & Bhattacharya killing federal funding for pandemic research & pushing for no preparedness at all, were unforgivable acts
I do think RFK Jr & Bhattacharya killing mRNA vaccine R&D, & Bhattacharya killing federal funding for pandemic research & pushing for no preparedness at all, were unforgivable acts
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My partner talks often of the horrific era when as a child, AIDS struck family and friends, claiming uncles, aunts, cousins, classmates.
All should read this by @stephanienolen.bsky.social. We’re regressing decades into the past - needlessly, unconscionably.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
All should read this by @stephanienolen.bsky.social. We’re regressing decades into the past - needlessly, unconscionably.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM
My partner talks often of the horrific era when as a child, AIDS struck family and friends, claiming uncles, aunts, cousins, classmates.
All should read this by @stephanienolen.bsky.social. We’re regressing decades into the past - needlessly, unconscionably.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
All should read this by @stephanienolen.bsky.social. We’re regressing decades into the past - needlessly, unconscionably.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
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'We are managing HIV with a selective lenacapavir roll-out, not ending it...'
Our latest in health-e on SA's drip feed LEN-LA roll out - with @africanalliance.bsky.social
- @hji-sa.bsky.social
LINK: 📲
health-e.org.za/2026/04/20/m...
Our latest in health-e on SA's drip feed LEN-LA roll out - with @africanalliance.bsky.social
- @hji-sa.bsky.social
LINK: 📲
health-e.org.za/2026/04/20/m...
We Are Managing HIV With Selective Lenacapavir Roll-out, Not Ending It
Lenacapavir promised to change the course of the epidemic, but a limited, geographically selective rollout exposes a harder reality: who gets protected, who is left behind, and whether this is progres...
health-e.org.za
April 20, 2026 at 2:15 PM
'We are managing HIV with a selective lenacapavir roll-out, not ending it...'
Our latest in health-e on SA's drip feed LEN-LA roll out - with @africanalliance.bsky.social
- @hji-sa.bsky.social
LINK: 📲
health-e.org.za/2026/04/20/m...
Our latest in health-e on SA's drip feed LEN-LA roll out - with @africanalliance.bsky.social
- @hji-sa.bsky.social
LINK: 📲
health-e.org.za/2026/04/20/m...
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In latest Medicine & Science @bmj.com Podcast-I join my co-author @mattherder.bsky.social & @kamranabbasi.bsky.social to discuss our recent Analysis (w. Andy Hill & @roojinhabibi.org) calling for WHO to declare USG a PHEIC also due to its 'unhinged nationalism'.
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The Trump administration is an international health emergency
Podcast Episode · Medicine and Science from The BMJ · April 17 · 51m
podcasts.apple.com
April 18, 2026 at 9:10 AM
In latest Medicine & Science @bmj.com Podcast-I join my co-author @mattherder.bsky.social & @kamranabbasi.bsky.social to discuss our recent Analysis (w. Andy Hill & @roojinhabibi.org) calling for WHO to declare USG a PHEIC also due to its 'unhinged nationalism'.
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podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
On the contrary, it’s a public health emergency of international concern.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
April 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
On the contrary, it’s a public health emergency of international concern.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir.
The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell.
Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell.
Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
Gilead refuses to sell groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to MSF
Blocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts vulnerable people across the world in danger.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
March 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir.
The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell.
Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell.
Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
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WHO first recommended use of a 3HP (3 months of weekly rifapentine and isoniazid) short course of treatment for TB infection in 2018
Health Canada approved rifapentine this year!
No drug company cared to apply for registration until now... TB not "profitable"
www.stoptbcanada.com/news/respons...
Health Canada approved rifapentine this year!
No drug company cared to apply for registration until now... TB not "profitable"
www.stoptbcanada.com/news/respons...
Health Canada Grants Access to Rifapentine: A Milestone for Tuberculosis Prevention in Canada — Stop TB Canada
OTTAWA, MARCH 23, 2026 – Stop TB Canada welcomes Health Canada’s decision to grant regulatory approval for rifapentine, a key medication used to prevent tuberculosis (TB). This decision marks an ...
www.stoptbcanada.com
March 31, 2026 at 4:15 PM
WHO first recommended use of a 3HP (3 months of weekly rifapentine and isoniazid) short course of treatment for TB infection in 2018
Health Canada approved rifapentine this year!
No drug company cared to apply for registration until now... TB not "profitable"
www.stoptbcanada.com/news/respons...
Health Canada approved rifapentine this year!
No drug company cared to apply for registration until now... TB not "profitable"
www.stoptbcanada.com/news/respons...
ICYMI - Our analysis published in @bmj.com makes the case for @who.int to declare that the actions of the US under President Trump amount to a 'PHEIC' under the International Health Regulations.
CC @roojinhabibi.org @fatimahassan.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social
CC @roojinhabibi.org @fatimahassan.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social
Title: "The United States is Driving a Public Heath Emergency of International Concern"
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
March 27, 2026 at 3:34 PM
ICYMI - Our analysis published in @bmj.com makes the case for @who.int to declare that the actions of the US under President Trump amount to a 'PHEIC' under the International Health Regulations.
CC @roojinhabibi.org @fatimahassan.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social
CC @roojinhabibi.org @fatimahassan.bsky.social @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jocalynclark.bsky.social
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MUST READ:
'The United States is driving a public health emergency of international concern'
@mattherder.bsky.social
@fatimahassan.bsky.social
A Hill and
@roojinhabibi.org
Via @bmjmedicine.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
'The United States is driving a public health emergency of international concern'
@mattherder.bsky.social
@fatimahassan.bsky.social
A Hill and
@roojinhabibi.org
Via @bmjmedicine.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
The United States is driving a public health emergency of international concern
Matthew Herder and colleagues call for broader mobilisation to avoid the deaths and morbidity in low and middle income countries likely to result from recent US policy changes
Announcing the United ...
share.google
March 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
MUST READ:
'The United States is driving a public health emergency of international concern'
@mattherder.bsky.social
@fatimahassan.bsky.social
A Hill and
@roojinhabibi.org
Via @bmjmedicine.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
'The United States is driving a public health emergency of international concern'
@mattherder.bsky.social
@fatimahassan.bsky.social
A Hill and
@roojinhabibi.org
Via @bmjmedicine.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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Title: "The United States is Driving a Public Heath Emergency of International Concern"
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
March 26, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Title: "The United States is Driving a Public Heath Emergency of International Concern"
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
New analysis published in @bmj.com where @roojinhabibi.org Fatima Hassan, Andy Hill & I argue the US -- through its actions -- creating a 'public health emergency of international concern'.
Multiple epidemics are expected, so we call upon @who.int to act decisively.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Multiple epidemics are expected, so we call upon @who.int to act decisively.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
March 26, 2026 at 2:31 PM
New analysis published in @bmj.com where @roojinhabibi.org Fatima Hassan, Andy Hill & I argue the US -- through its actions -- creating a 'public health emergency of international concern'.
Multiple epidemics are expected, so we call upon @who.int to act decisively.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Multiple epidemics are expected, so we call upon @who.int to act decisively.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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So up in Canada's North, the government will spend:
$35,000,000,000 to defend against theoretical military threat
$ 27,000,000 to defend against real ongoing threat of TB
Thinking of this comment on the #tuberculosis funding announcement:
$35,000,000,000 to defend against theoretical military threat
$ 27,000,000 to defend against real ongoing threat of TB
Thinking of this comment on the #tuberculosis funding announcement:
March 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
So up in Canada's North, the government will spend:
$35,000,000,000 to defend against theoretical military threat
$ 27,000,000 to defend against real ongoing threat of TB
Thinking of this comment on the #tuberculosis funding announcement:
$35,000,000,000 to defend against theoretical military threat
$ 27,000,000 to defend against real ongoing threat of TB
Thinking of this comment on the #tuberculosis funding announcement:
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This is a neat paper.
"“Who the hell is upstream pushing them all in?” Reclaiming public health’s defining metaphor to counter the commercial determinants of health"
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
"“Who the hell is upstream pushing them all in?” Reclaiming public health’s defining metaphor to counter the commercial determinants of health"
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
March 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
This is a neat paper.
"“Who the hell is upstream pushing them all in?” Reclaiming public health’s defining metaphor to counter the commercial determinants of health"
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
"“Who the hell is upstream pushing them all in?” Reclaiming public health’s defining metaphor to counter the commercial determinants of health"
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
Interesting study underway @ #HESA. Sure hope the committee hears from a broad range of stakeholders, not only industry perspectives which appear to comprise almost the entire first meeting today.
Canada's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health #HESA will have its first meeting on the topic of "Canada's Pharmaceutical Sovereignty" on March 10. 🛃💊
www.ourcommons.ca/committees/e...
www.ourcommons.ca/committees/e...
March 10, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Interesting study underway @ #HESA. Sure hope the committee hears from a broad range of stakeholders, not only industry perspectives which appear to comprise almost the entire first meeting today.
ICYMI
My Opinion in @thestar.com today:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
A thread to explain.
CC @picardonhealth.bsky.social @kellygrant1.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
A thread to explain.
CC @picardonhealth.bsky.social @kellygrant1.bsky.social
The Carney government is about to give up a vital bit of sovereignty. Worse, it could harm Canadians’ health
The lessons of the tainted blood scandal appear to be forgotten.
www.thestar.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:25 PM
ICYMI
My Opinion in @thestar.com today:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
A thread to explain.
CC @picardonhealth.bsky.social @kellygrant1.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
A thread to explain.
CC @picardonhealth.bsky.social @kellygrant1.bsky.social
The Carney government is about to give up a vital bit of sovereignty. Worse, it could harm Canadians’ health
The lessons of the tainted blood scandal appear to be forgotten.
www.thestar.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
My Opinion in @thestar.com today:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
A thread to explain.
CC @picardonhealth.bsky.social @kellygrant1.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
A thread to explain.
CC @picardonhealth.bsky.social @kellygrant1.bsky.social
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"If high-level officials at the FDA are interested in the new use of a drug, they should lead with evidence, not with approval, and outline a process to ensure decisional integrity."
NEW: Paper in @jama.com (me, Glenn Cohen, & @drsinhaesq.bsky.social) discusses FDA plan to approve leucovorin for new indication based on "case reports" and "mechanistic data"
1. Departure from FDA's evidentiary standards
2. May harm patients and set bad precedent
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
1. Departure from FDA's evidentiary standards
2. May harm patients and set bad precedent
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
December 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"If high-level officials at the FDA are interested in the new use of a drug, they should lead with evidence, not with approval, and outline a process to ensure decisional integrity."
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@sfu.ca is hiring Canada Impact+ Research Chairs. Research areas include health, including biotechnology; clean technology and resource value chains; environment, climate resilience and the Arctic; democratic and community resilience. Candidates must full Profs or Associate 2 years from promotion.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs
www.sfu.ca
December 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
@sfu.ca is hiring Canada Impact+ Research Chairs. Research areas include health, including biotechnology; clean technology and resource value chains; environment, climate resilience and the Arctic; democratic and community resilience. Candidates must full Profs or Associate 2 years from promotion.
Classic yet alarming: the federal govt just posted in the Canada Gazette a proposal to fundamentally change drug regulation as we know it.
Here's the link to the Gazette: gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/202...
Here's the link to the Gazette: gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/202...
Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 159, Number 51: Order Providing for Reliance on Decisions of, or Documents Produced by, Foreign Regulatory Authorities in Respect of Certain Drugs
December 20, 2025, Part 1, Volume 159, Number 51, Canada Gazette
gazette.gc.ca
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Classic yet alarming: the federal govt just posted in the Canada Gazette a proposal to fundamentally change drug regulation as we know it.
Here's the link to the Gazette: gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/202...
Here's the link to the Gazette: gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/202...
Important article by @timbousquet.bsky.social today in @halifaxexaminer.ca (as well as linked oped by Kate Ashley of Acadia + @aawayne.bsky.social) about very troubling move by NS govt decision to hire a private consulting firm to evaluate university performance.
A firm with a reputation for recommending deep cuts and layoffs has been hired as a consultant to review Nova Scotia’s universities
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
A firm with a reputation for recommending deep cuts and layoffs has been hired as a consultant to review Nova Scotia's universities - Halifax Examiner
I don't like that university programs are having to justify themselves merely in terms of the jobs that students get after graduation.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Important article by @timbousquet.bsky.social today in @halifaxexaminer.ca (as well as linked oped by Kate Ashley of Acadia + @aawayne.bsky.social) about very troubling move by NS govt decision to hire a private consulting firm to evaluate university performance.
Thrilled to see this paper led by Ipek Erin Vural out in Social Science & Medicine
In it, we reflect on how regulators both collaborate + compete with one another, mediating the tension between capital accumulation + public trust that sits behind regulation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In it, we reflect on how regulators both collaborate + compete with one another, mediating the tension between capital accumulation + public trust that sits behind regulation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Competitive Interdependence: A Critical Political Economy of Regulation during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
This article investigates Canada's health product regulatory authority, Health Canada (HC), and other major national regulators' responses to COVID-19…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Thrilled to see this paper led by Ipek Erin Vural out in Social Science & Medicine
In it, we reflect on how regulators both collaborate + compete with one another, mediating the tension between capital accumulation + public trust that sits behind regulation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In it, we reflect on how regulators both collaborate + compete with one another, mediating the tension between capital accumulation + public trust that sits behind regulation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Still incredibly disappointing that Canada can look at the consequences of aid cuts by other countries earlier this year, and then not only put out a budget that slashes $2.7 billion from international assistance, but put that $2.7 billion in a column labelled "savings".
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Still incredibly disappointing that Canada can look at the consequences of aid cuts by other countries earlier this year, and then not only put out a budget that slashes $2.7 billion from international assistance, but put that $2.7 billion in a column labelled "savings".
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TODAY! "Making the State Do the Right Thing: a Decade of Jordan's Principle Litigation" w/ David Taylor
🕛 Time: 12:10 - 1:20 PM
📷 In-Person: Weldon Law Building, Room 104 dal.ca/faculty/law/
@schulichlaw.bsky.social
🕛 Time: 12:10 - 1:20 PM
📷 In-Person: Weldon Law Building, Room 104 dal.ca/faculty/law/
@schulichlaw.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
TODAY! "Making the State Do the Right Thing: a Decade of Jordan's Principle Litigation" w/ David Taylor
🕛 Time: 12:10 - 1:20 PM
📷 In-Person: Weldon Law Building, Room 104 dal.ca/faculty/law/
@schulichlaw.bsky.social
🕛 Time: 12:10 - 1:20 PM
📷 In-Person: Weldon Law Building, Room 104 dal.ca/faculty/law/
@schulichlaw.bsky.social